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Hanako (given name)

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Hanako is a female Japanese given name. The name can have different meanings, one of them being 花子, meaning "flower girl."

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It is often seen as an archetypal name for females.

華子 (華 is a kanji of many uses - 'splendor', 'flower', 'petal', 'shine', 'luster', 'ostentatious', 'showy'. 'ko' is the second kanji, meaning 'girl (child)').

People

  • Hanako Tsugaru, later Hanako, Princess Hitachi of Japan
  • Hanako Oshima (born 1973), Japanese musician
  • Hanako Oku (born 1978), Japanese singer/songwriter
  • Hisa Ōta (1868–1945), Japanese actress whose stage name was "Hanako"

    • Characters

  • Hanako (ハナコ) or Delia Ketchum, the mother of protagonist Ash Ketchum in the Pokémon anime
  • Hanako Ikezawa, a heroine with debilitating social anxiety derived from her burn scars from the visual novel Katawa Shoujo.
  • Hanako Yamada, a future rival and younger sister of Taro Yamada (Senpai) in the stealth action video game Yandere Simulator

    • References

    Hanako (given name) Wikipedia
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